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Spring – New Life and Hope

There are many signs of new life and hope in and around our church family this Spring. We continue to welcome new friends into our community – people with diverse gifts and helpful spirits. It is encouraging to get to know one another and to see where God may be leading us together. On Easter Sunday we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ at four wonderful services and gathered with over a thousand persons over the course of the day. As one good friend  has  observed,  “Easter  is  God’s  way  of  teaching  a   congregation  its  future.”  The  family  and  friends  who  shared  in  that  day  think  of  our   congregation as their church home. It is a gift and a privilege to see the impact we are making  in  people’s  lives.

As one such example, the first weekend in May brings with it the annual San Pedro-Peninsula CROP Walk where walkers and sponsors will help raise funds to address hunger needs both near to home and around the world. And the Spring Blood Drive follows on the Friday  and  Monday  of  the  Mother’s  Day  weekend.  We   will again be helping fill up the reserves at Torrance Memorial Medical Center and hope that you can help share the gift of life with others in our community. Thank you to the Health and Wellness Committee for your efforts in making it easy and painless!

Our  youth  are  raising  funds  for  their  participation  in  this  year’s  Sierra  Service  Project.  Their  bake  sales   are  always  a  hit  and  the  Mother’s  Day  flowers  are  a  lovely  way  to  honor  someone  important  in  your  life AND help our youth share in a generous mission together. The All Church Family Camp is also coming up soon, and I know that many of you look forward to that special time at Camp Lazy W over the Memorial Day weekend.

Thyra and I are also looking forward to  our  daughter  Hannah’s  completion  of  her  M.A.  in  Literary   Translation from the University of Rochester. We will be back there with her for a week or so this month. It looks as though she will be staying back east for now, working in Rochester and finishing the translation of a contemporary French novel (for pay!). Her harp playing is now more for her own enjoyment than professional purposes. Her love of literature seems to have moved ahead of her gifts in music for now.

By now many of you know of the move that Lisa Williams will be making to serve as a Local Pastor at San  Pedro  UMC.  This  has  been  the  result  of  stirring  in  Lisa’s  spirit  over  a  number  of  years  and  we  wish  her   every success in her new venture. I look forward to having her as a colleague in ministry in the South Bay, in a role slightly different from working with her on the same team at RHUMC. As this change comes to some of us unexpectedly  (and  to  many  of  us  unwillingly!)  we  give  thanks  for  the  steadfastness  of  God’s  grace  in  each  of   our lives, and in the life we share together as a family of faith. I know that we give thanks for all she has done and offer our blessing for what lies ahead.

Grace and peace,
Jonathan

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Rolling Hills United Methodist Church

26438 Crenshaw Blvd
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
310-377-6771

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26438 Crenshaw Blvd
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
310-377-6771
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